ANAHEIM, Calif. — The UFC 121 fighter weigh-ins took place this afternoon at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., the same location that will host tomorrow’s fight card featuring a main event between heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and number one contender Cain Velasquez.
ProMMAnow.com readers can watch the weigh-ins live starting at 5 p.m. ET or via archived replay in our UFC ROOM.
Be sure to check out the ProMMAnow.com UFC 121 staff picks to get our thoughts and predictions on each bout.
Headliners Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez weighed in 20 lbs. apart. Lesnar tipped the scales just one pound under the heavyweight title fight limit at 264 lbs. and Velasquez was at 244 lbs.
When asked for comments on the bout, Velasquez spoke to the fans in Spanish and when asked how he expected the fight to go Lesnar simply said, “Brock Lesnar’s getting his hand raised. That’s exactly how it’s going to go.”
UFC 121 weigh-in results:
MAIN CARD (Televised – Pay-Per-View)
- Brock Lesnar (264) vs. Cain Velasquez (244)
- Jake Shields (170.5) vs. Martin Kampmann (170)
- Tito Ortiz (206) vs. Matt Hamill (203.5)
- Brendan Schaub (239) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (254)
- Paulo Thiago (170.5) vs. Diego Sanchez (170.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Televised – Spike TV)
- Court McGee (184.5) vs. Ryan Jensen (185)
- Patrick Cote (185) vs. Tom Lawlor (185)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Not Televised)
- Michael Guymon (170) vs. Daniel Roberts (170)
- Sam Stout (155.5) vs. Paul Taylor (155)
- Dongi Yang (186) vs. Chris Camozzi (185)
- Gilbert Yvel (249) vs. Jon Madsen (254.5)
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